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President Donald Trump threatened to shut down the government again this weekend if Democrats don’t agree to his immigration reform plans, specifically what he called loopholes in the immigration system that could allow dangerous criminals into the country.

“If we don’t change this legislation if we don’t get rid of these loopholes…if we don’t change it, let’s have a shutdown,” Trump said at a meeting with law enforcement officials on threats from the MS-13 gang. “I’d love to see a shutdown if we don’t get this stuff taken care of.”

“If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don’t want safety, and unrelated, but still related they don’t want to take care of our military, shut it down,” the president continued.

Trump released his plan for immigration reform last month and in the State of the Union address last week. His four pillars of reform include funding for the border wall, a path to citizenship for 1.8 million “Dreamers” eligible for protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, and an end to policies that offer visas through a lottery system or help family members obtain visas or green cards.

“I would shut it down over this issue,” he said. “If we don’t straighten out our border, we don’t have a country, without borders, we don’t have a country, so would I shut it down over this issue? Yes, I can’t speak for our great representatives here but I have a feeling they may agree with me.”

Government funding is set to run out on Thursday night and the government could shut down again if Congress can’t come to an agreement on a deal to fund the government. The government shut down last month partly because Democrats and Republicans could not reach a deal on a solution for DACA recipients.

Rep. Barbara Comstock said in the same meeting that there is bipartisan support for the president’s proposals, saying “we do not need a government shutdown on this.”

But the president said he did not expect support from Democrats.

“You can say what you want, we’re not getting support from the Democrats on this legislation,” Trump said in response to Comstock.

Hoyer told reporters that inside those negotiations, Democrats are encouraged by Trump expanding the pool of DACA-eligible recipients to people who did not initially sign up. He said that Kelly has not conveyed his message that the president won’t extend the March 5 deadline.

He also said Democrats can support the president’s request for border security, but draws the line at reforms to chain migration and the visa lottery system – insisting those reforms should be excluded until they’re part of comprehensive immigration reform. Hoyer proposed that House Speaker Paul Ryan take a “Queen of the Hill” approach – putting every immigration bill under the Capitol dome up for a floor vote and whichever measure prevails with the most votes advances to the president’s desk.

Kelly told reporters on Capitol Hill today that the president will not extend the March 5 deadline for Dreamers, even though Trump said last week that he might extend the deadline. Kelly said the deadline puts pressure on Congress to act and that he also advises against a short-term solution.

The president has said he supports expanding the number of people eligible for protections under DACA to 1.8 million, a move Kelly called “stunning.” But Kelly also referenced the idea that DACA recipients could have been “too lazy” to sign up to renew their protected status.

“690,000 official DACA registrants and the president sent over what amounts to be double that 1.8 million. The difference between 690,000 and 1.8 million were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up, others would say were too lazy to get off their asses but they didn’t sign up,” Kelly told reporters from the Washington Post and Politico, according to those publications.